jeremy ardley wrote: >> But what about the black market? Or does in fact "block >> market" work just fine? > > The term "black market" is from World War II - i.e. 1939-45. > It has nothing to do with slaves. It means transactions in > the dark, not visible, not official.
I think the reason is black people shouldn't be associated with everything negative that is black in language. It was a BLM thing, not sure if it matters the etymology of such words. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal